Sexual Violence

“Tell the 1 in 3 women of this world that you will not make pinatas of their bodies…..” “Tell my 3rd grade student that he wanted it – that his beauty had him coming” “Rape is a coward that hides its face in the makeup of silence….a murderous fruit that grows best in the shadows […]

By Duncan Bomba Gender based violence and especially sexual violence strips women, girls and children of their autonomy and forces them to live in constant fear of retribution. The phenomenon seem insurmountable and this calls for extraordinary interventions to bring to an end these rampant abuses and such strategies must include direct empowerment of the […]

By Nelson Banda – Zambia Doctor Chivunga, a grade nine pupil at Chongwe Basic School, 45 KM east of Lusaka, has urged the government to stiffen punishment against penetrators of sexual violence against children. Speaking at the Boys Network Press Conference held at Kapingila House, in Central Lusaka, Chavunga, who is chairperson of the Chongwe […]